Edina Hall
Friends in Christ, If you have ever been to the Church of the Apostles in Oro Valley, you will have seen the beautiful woodwork of Michael…
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Chotard Doll
Dear Friends, This year Thanksgiving falls shortly after election day in our country. As I read the appointed lessons for today, I felt that the lectionary…
Justin Appel
Dear Friends, Today’s readings begin with the beautiful Quoph section of Psalm 119, which explores an attitude of expectant openness. Various phrases bring this sense to the…
Fr Matthew Reese
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, *then were we like those who dream.2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, *and our tongue…
Deacon Susan Erickson
Dear Siblings in Christ, I have been thinking about prayer recently, and wondering why it sometimes seems so hard—at least for me! It’s not so much…
Fr Robert Hendrickson
Dear Friends in Christ, I don’t know if little things ever pile up at your house. At ours we’ve been trying to tackle a bunch of…
Matt Bonaimé
Dear Friends, In reading Psalm 78: 3-7, one verse stood out to me: “We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord.” As my wife Alice…
Deacon Brigid Waszczak
“I [Jesus] still have many things to tell you, but you can’t handle them now. But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he…
Sherry Sterling
Dear friends, During and after our recent election, I found myself alarmed by the apocalyptic-level pitch of the warnings from both parties. Threats of World War…
Justin Appel
Dear Friends, Humility is one of the (several) themes of today’s reading from the New Testament book of James. In it, we read that “God resists the…
Fr Matthew Reese
“And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire…
Deacon Anne Strong
Matthew 19: 27-29Ephesians 4:1-6 My Dear Sisters and Brothers, Do you live a called life? A “with God life?” Living a spiritual life is rooted in…